This Mental Health Awareness Month, talk to your children and teens about mental health. Need help getting started? samhsa.gov/mental-health/… #MHAM2024 #MentalHealthMatters

White House budget proposal urges investments in public health: “It’s really up to Congress now to learn the lessons of the last four years.' #PublicHealth The Nation's Health reports: thenationshealth.org/content/54/3/1…

Early intervention matters! APHA and the Climate Mental Health Network urge you to help children receive the mental health they need. Let’s change this statistic. 🌱  #childrensmentalhealth

Congratulations to APHA's Executive Director Georges Benjamin, who was named one of the 500 most influential people shaping policy by Washingtonian 🌸!
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May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Here's a helpful video from @publichealth explaining how mental health IS a public health issue.
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New tool from NCHS makes it easy to find data on more than 120 public health topics, including death rates, disabilities, nutrition, health insurance & obesity. cdc.gov/nchs/dataquery/ #DQS

.AltaMed Health Services mivotomisalud educates its patients about the importance of civic participation and its impact on quality of life. States with inclusive voting policies and higher civic participation rates have better health outcomes. Via APHA.
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Insightful convo with the APHA  Mighty Fine, MPH, CHES, to explore the pressing issue of gun safety through the lens of public health.

Thank you to the passionate, hard-working members of APHA's Executive Board, who are meeting in Washington, D.C., this week! Their leadership is essential to APHA's success Get to know the board: apha.org/About-APHA/Exe…

New HHS.gov rule strengthens civil rights protections for people with disabilities, addresses discrimination in medical treatment and supports optimal, equitable health and well-being for all. 🙌
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Congratulations, Public Health Class of 2024! We can't wait to see what you do next!
An #APHAGiftMembership will help you jumpstart your career. Drop a hint to family and friends as you celebrate! 🎓 apha.org/gift-membership

Get Informed 🧠 With #NationalPreventionWeek around the corner, engage your community towards one common goal 📌Youth substance use prevention. Check out the #TalkTheyHearYou podcast episode “Communities in Action” & see how your community can get involved buzzsprout.com/1886890/127917…

Public health win! We fought to make this happen and we're celebrating today. Our thanks to CMS & the Biden adminstration for adopting this new policy, which will boost access to health care for the 580,000+ people currently covered by DACA.

All of Us Research Program driving science on health of people often missed in data collection.

“As a physician, I’ve seen the impact the lack of diversity in genomic research has had in deepening health disparities.” #AllofUs The Nation's Health reports: thenationshealth.org/content/54/3/1…